The German Skat / Piquet deck is normally read in a großes Blatt or große Tafel, i.e., a grand tableau. Usually, the composition of the Blatt is 8×4 or, alternatively, 6×5 plus two remaining cards in the last row. Maybe I will cover it in a future post, but as it’s a method I’m still studying and am not familiar with, it may take a while 🙂 there are, however, other methods.

For starters, nothing prevents you from using regular rows of cards for answering simple questions or just to get a general look at the future.  You can also take a look at the spreads I presented for the Sibilla and adapt them.

Another popular method used with Skat cards is that of the star. There are several variations online. The star spread is relatively simple and is normally used for general readings.
You place the significator card for the querent on the table, shuffle (or have the querent shuffle, depending on who you listen to). You then cut three times and read the cut. You restore the cut by placing the central heap on the last and then on the first, and you start dealing the cards.

One goes to the left of the significator, one to the right, one above, one below, one in the upper left corner, one in the lower right corner, one in the upper right corner, one in the lower left corner. You now have the significator completely surrounded by cards, like in a square of 9. But it’s not over. You then place another card to the left, one to the right, one above, one below, upper left, lower right, upper right, lower left. This will get you the shape of a star.

You then go on to interpret the spread, with the cards to the left as the past, those to the right as the future and those in the middle as the present. As I said, there are many variations on this spread, and I haven’t personally used it yet. I will update this post when I do.